I wandered again to my home in the mountainsWhere in youth's early dawn I was happy and freeI looked for my friends, but I never could find themI found they were all rank strangers to meEverybody I met (everybody I met)Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)They knew not my name (they knew not my name)And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)I found they were all (I found they were all)Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)"They've all moved away," said the voice of a stranger"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heavenWhere no one will be a stranger to meEverybody I met (everybody I met)Seemed to be a rank stranger (seemed to be a rank stranger)No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)Not a friend could I see (not a friend could I see)They knew not my name (they knew not my name)And I knew not their faces (and I knew not their faces)I found they were all (I found they were all)Rank strangers to me (rank strangers to me)